Priory healthcare group fined £650,000 over death of patient

Matthew Caseby inappropriately unattended' before he absconded from mental health hospital in Birmingham

The Priory healthcare group has been fined more than 650,000 over the death of a 23-year-old patient who was hit by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital.

Matthew Caseby, a personal trainer, was able to leave Birmingham's Priory Hospital Woodbourne by scaling a wall after being inappropriately unattended" for several minutes in September 2020, an inquest jury ruled in 2022.